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will keep the wound sufficiently open till the 

 tumour is discharged. If any lumps, or hard 

 kernels, still remain under the jaws, they may be 

 dressed with the ointtnetit of niirate of quicksilver 

 (No. 33, p. 56), once a day for eight or ten days, 

 which will, in general, remove them in that 

 time ; if not, it will be proper to blister the part 

 for three mornings together with the blistering 

 ointment (No, 90, infra), 



CHAP. XX. 



DISEASES OF THE EYES. 



Diseases of the eye require to be treated by 

 men of skill and attention : some of them proceed 

 from external injuries affecting the globe of the 

 eye ; while others arise from internal causes, affect- 

 ing also the humours within the globe, as from 

 plethora, or redundancy of blood in the body. In 

 all recent disorders from external injuries, such as 

 blows, bruises, hurts, See. and the eyelid attended 

 with swelling and inflammation, the eye must 

 first be washed with a little of the following eye- 

 water. 



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